Dental, Orthodontic & Prosthetics Manufacturing worked example

Dental Model Print Time at 12% setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance: a worked example

What does the result look like when setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance reaches 12%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when dental model print time in dental, orthodontic and prosthetics manufacturing needs a defensible run time before a quote goes out.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Model equivalents to print: 120 models (unchanged)
  • Printer model throughput: 12 models / hr (unchanged)
  • Setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base model print hours = model equivalents to print รท printer model throughput) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required dental model print hours, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base model print hours.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for printer model throughput.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Throughput is treated as a steady rate; in reality print time per plate varies with model height and nesting, so very tall or sparsely nested models can blow past the estimate.

Results at a glance

  • Required dental model print hours: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base model print hours: 10 hr
  • Setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance: 12 %
  • Printer model throughput: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Dental Model Print Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.